David Cameron has launched a fresh bid for British airstrikes in Syria in the wake of the devastating terror attacks in Paris.

In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, the prime minister said Britain needed to attack ISIS in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which he branded the “head of the snake”.

He announced he would respond to a critical report from the Commons home affairs committee who warned earlier this month that RAF strikes would simply be a “distraction” from the “key task to help end the suffering” in the war-torn country.

The prime minister’s spokesperson said he would respond to each of the seven main concerns from the committee by the end of November. Number 10 will then determine whether Cameron has enough cross-party support from MPs before putting the motion to back airstrikes to a vote.

The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg reported that a meeting was already planned at the Ministry of Defence for the first week of December to go through the numbers.